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An Effect of Oral Media on the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century and its Application to the Present Christianity (구어적 매체가 16세기 종교개혁에 미친 영향과 현대 기독교의 적용)

  • Bong, Won Young
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.556-570
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study was to see the characteristics of oral media, which is orality and literacy combined, in order to analyze its effect on the age of Reformation and today, and to draw applicable points on the present Christian mission. The electronic age is an age of secondary orality, the orality of telephones, radio, and television, which depends on writing and print for its existence. Historically, it is a well-known fact that the shift from orality to literacy and on to electronic processing has engaged in social, economic, political, religious and other structures. With this perspective, the study was divided into two parts. In the first part, researchers dealt with the characteristics of primary oral culture, examined how it combined with media literacy and became oral media, and witnessed how reformers in the sixteenth century utilized it timely along with what the ending result was. In the second part, researcher observed the characteristics of electronic media based on literacy and orality, and presented several applicable points to the present state of the Christianity.

The Scope and Patterns of Korean Language Education for Specific Purposes - Focusing on the Patterns of Learners in Korean Language Education for Missionary Purposes - (특수목적 한국어교육의 범위와 유형에 관한 연구 - 선교목적 한국어교육에서 대상자에 따른 유형 중심으로 -)

  • Lee, Ran
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.685-695
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    • 2021
  • The purpose of this study is to confirm the definition and the scopes of the implementation of Korean education for missionary purposes which is an area of ones for specific purposes and to suggest the teaching methods for each type by examining the subtypes of it. For this, a body of research and the related textbooks were analyzed: as a result, the definition of Korean education for missionary purposes was confirmed by examining the scope of implementation of it. Based on the definition, this study categorized the learners into four patterns such as non-Christian, the learners for listening gospel, the learners for nurturing, overseas Korean children and missionary kids according to the levels of Christianity literacy and briefly proposed the goals and teaching methods for each category. Finally, this study expected the development of the related textbooks and the activation of more segmented research in this area.

Christian Sabbath and Christian Education in the Era of 'Life Crisis' ('생명 위기'의 시대, 기독교의 안식, 그리고 기독교교육)

  • Ryu, Sam Jun
    • Journal of Christian Education in Korea
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    • v.67
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    • pp.339-375
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    • 2021
  • The author considers that contemporary society has entered the era of 'life on earth in peril' as a very serious situation in comparison with the past, and assumes that this life-in-peril situation, known as 'life crisis,' is one of the most urgent and important issues in Christian education as well as in public education. This urgency and importance is mainly based on the belief that Christianity is the religion of life that values all living beings' life and all Christians have the sacred vocation to cope with this crisis of life on earth, given by the life-giving God. For this reason, this study aims at identifying some tasks that Christian education should perform in the era of imperiled life, premising that diverse life-threatening situations and circumstances in today's world are closely related to the Christian Sabbath. More specifically, first of all, this article analyzes some notable phenomena of the life crisis in the contemporary world, such as deaths from intentional self-harm (suicides), deaths from industrial accidents and disasters, the real-life situation of vulnerable populations, people's indifference and insensitivity to the situation, and natural environmental degradation, by reflecting on current global issues as well as issues in Korea. This paper also criticizes neoliberalism, productivism, consumerism, economic materialism, egotism, and anthropocentrism as ideologies for causing these phenomena. After the criticism, the author interprets, from biblical and theological perspectives on the Christian Sabbath, main purposes and meanings of the Sabbath for contemporary society that are deeply connected with the crisis of life on earth: confessing that God takes the initiative to govern every creature's living and being; building the relationship with the God who has given the power of life to all living beings; practicing the Sabbath rest by living a holy life; and participating in the Sabbath rest as 'life-giving ministry.' In conclusion, this article suggests Christian educational practices that confront the life crisis, rooted in the purposes and meanings of the Christian Sabbath: reminding participants of the belief that God is the source of life on earth; cultivating 'life literacy'; helping people to resist the crisis of life; and encouraging humans to pursue the well-being and peace of both humanity and the earth.